Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-20

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he tkaf a. IL mzy. aeshmsse shawiss
star q r1se4 ard tales 81 0nsltel
spisn8or are fhfeads invisibiy linked
toRefheF th4t are eosea ~ tie minds
fznci1z THO wu1drons dreams
Do - renlixs amid tie dreEme and
lanRines the FsIue. add ghat U4kes the
v1lne, Of that which we cpTe4f IheFo
are grades @ ane1esz we know. what
makes shemf ThezRh kh6re are asyerAt
reasuns. the hHst 81 AL 10 thar tbs value
inefeaae9 In almost disest ratio 20 the
amount Of labor bestowed On them.
TIE oaarssF sn3wiz-ukicn ~ cail
does. b, should ezii dseean-ara Nov
en- from the wool Of the ms11xatn Ted
fhibet goat. 1hs seantg coarse grass
of the noanfain tocs produces ooaesef,
nnoEs uiry WOOL than grows On tbs 3 o4t1
fed on tie sofk. inxuriank EeRet4tion q
Abe valleT- M0re0Fsr, each goat yiei0a
several grades Of wo0i-0f the nn1zt
quality not more thnn half q pound .
taken from eaeh Roak af the annual
shearinz- Naturally. 20 the skillfnt
uorkmen aione Is oonsigned this mogt
valuable material, and in the manuEac-
t1Fe OF the highest grades Of shauis
these weaveEg spend years Sometimes
thirty OF forty Of them vill labor on she
weaving If one shawl two OF TIRES
years. Into the pattern Il woven deli
cats trncsry Of silver and gold threads,
tbs manufanture Of which Ia In ITSELF an
expensive art IL h done IN certain
l Eastern oity--BoorlAmp0aK. A piece OF
pure oar IL beaten into q cylinder the
sixs Of thick reed, and then aRain
1 beaten out until il will pass through al
0Tiace al eighth Of an inch IN diame-
ter. ThiB wire b wound upon several
reels which work on pivots. the enc Of
| the wire being PASSED through still tinsl
holes and fastened 50 large reel, 9hIch
whsn ses in motion, ataeauates tn
thread still further. Il 10 then hattsn'
cd upon o steel anvil and highly polish.
ed By skilled WORKINGS, Q silk threat
being then covered with this fine wire
when 10 h ready fer Intervening viii
the silksn threads and the woods
bleaehed, spun and dyed into q thou
sand various ooIorinQs-that after much
IabsT become the soft, shimmerinR, be
WilderinR mass Of an India shawl.
A certain number OF the finest woven
are fnelnded IN the annual revenue pail
10 tha ruler Of ell the Indies, and thouRl
many covert snser 10 aimed at QneeI
ViotoFia for giving so often bridal Rif
that cost her nothing, yet there 10 neve
wanting an appreeiative welcome TO
such present. no matter how obtained
An idea Of the vaiue at which they arl
generally estimated may be gathers
from 9 casual remark Of that uel
known actress and great traveller, Gen
evieve Ward. Who has certainly beeI
one of the few to see the seven won
deFs OF the world and the glory Of them
In endeavoFine 10 impress upon 30
ropean the costly maQnifcence Of thi
interior of . certain American hene
she said: Each article Of decoration
In itself a. costly as an Iadia SHAWL
Years ago il vas 9 test ef femininl
IgraeefuIness 10 wear shawl; then onl,
an elegant woman oould carry one well
Does this generation admit thar inferi
GRITTY 10 the last in this PARTICULAR O
10 IL 10 show how they scorn the might!
dollar that few foolish women hav
cut sneh priceless adoFnment int tia
short lived fashions dolmsn3